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Today, my name was mentioned in a Washington Postarticle about the Donald Trump presidential campaign. I never spoke to the reporter and had zero interest in assisting him with his story.

Earlier this year, I volunteered a small amount of my time to the Trump campaign. I was never an employee, never signed an employment or consulting contract, and never quit anything.

I have been a fan of Mr. Trump since he declared his candidacy for President of the United States. Never in my lifetime have I been this excited about a GOP presidential nominee. I have zero interest in the internal politics of the campaign or the gripes of its former staffers who are now talking to the media. I firmly support Mr. Trump’s policy positions and believe he will Make America Great Again.

Establishment Republicans won’t stop saying or doing stupid things this election season. One after another, they have declared their hatred for Donald Trump or endorsed Hillary Clinton. Those who have not stooped to such unseemliness have little to brag about either, as many of them have repeatedly failed to defend their party’s nominee or undermined him at every turn.

Each time, establishment Republicans eagerly proclaim that they are more decent than the man chosen by a record number of GOP primary voters and supported by 83 percent of self-identified Republicans. Yet, while objecting to Trump’s unconventional style and rhetoric, the Trump haters have no appreciation or answer for the grave issues he raises.

Every week seems to bring a new set of Republican grandees announcing they won’t support Donald Trump for president. Inevitably, each announcement is accompanied with much hoopla about Trump’s failure to unify his own party. Almost never discussed, however, are the absurdities surrounding the defections, or the delusions and pretensions they reveal about the GOP’s Trump haters.

In the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting in Orlando, President Barack Obama, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and House Speaker Paul Ryan found themselves united in outrage. Unequivocally, they issued their condemnations: “Dangerous,” “shameful,” and “pathological.”

Their target, however, was not the radical Islamic ideology that inspired the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. No, the politicians were referring to GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald J. Trump and his proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States. It was yet another example of elevating self-righteousness over reality and delusions over solutions.

Ying Ma appeared on Between the Lines on Australia’s ABC Radio National to discuss the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, his race against Hillary Clinton, his ability to unify the Republican Party, and the nervousness he is creating among U.S. allies.

Ying Ma appeared on Lateline, Australia’s leading daily current affairs program, to discuss the Donald Trump candidacy for president and some of the controversies he has generated. To view the discussion, please click HERE. Lateline airs weeknights on ABC in Australia.